Job 17:3
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
King James Version
In Context
2Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
Cross References
Genesis 43:9I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:
Job 5:1Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
Psalms 119:122Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
Proverbs 11:15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
Proverbs 20:16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Isaiah 38:14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
Matthew Henry on Job 17:2-10
Deplorable Condition of Job; The Improvement of Job's Troubles. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6 He hath made me… Read the whole commentary →